Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 74

ROLEX REF. 1665 SEA DWELLER Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Sea-Dweller, 2000 ft./610 m., Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. 6631206, Ref. 1665. Made in 1981. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with helium escape valve, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, helium escape valve at 9, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date, outer minutes/seconds divisions. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Approx. overall length 170mm.